Document: Declaration of Sale for Assessments. Jackson St. between 5th & 6th Sts., Hoboken, Dec. 1867. Commissioners of Drainage of the Lowlands...
Entry/Object ID
2010.010.0002
Scope and Content
Commissioners of Drainage of the Lowlands in the City of Hoboken and Township of Weehawken to Theophilus Butts. Declaration of Sale on the 23rd of December 1867, Jackson St. E[ast]. Side - 25 ft. North of Fifth Street; Lot 2 Block No. 66. Printed document with holographic entries; embossed seal; 10-1/4" x 17"
Property was sold for assessments on the land. Butts assigned the property on Jan. 19, 1868 to John M Board, his attorney. An affidavit of April 30, 1870 by the Commissioner of Deeds stated that Board appeared before him; Board was the secretary to the Commissioners to Drain.
Note that title of commission varies: "Commissioners of Drainage of the Lowlands..." or "Commissioners for Drainage of the Lowlands..." or as found on seal, "Commissioners to Drain Certain Lowlands..."
